State-run Iraqi media is quoting Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi as saying that Baghdad will send delegations to the US and Iran to help end tensions between the two countries.
In this January 3, 2006 file photo, Adel Abdul-Mahdi is seen during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP/Khalid Mohammed)
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi during a welcome ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Abdul-Mahdi, whose country has close ties to both Iran and the US, says Iranian and US officials have informed Iraq that they have “no desire in fighting a war.”
Abdul-Mahdi said Iraq is “playing a role to calm the situation but it is not a mediation.” He says he will visit Kuwait tomorrow to discuss regional issues.
Last week, the US ordered the evacuation of nonessential diplomatic staff from Iraq amid unspecified threats from Iran and rising tensions across the region.
The White House has sent warships and bombers to the region to counter the alleged Iranian threats.
— AP
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